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New Fact Sheet Explains Solar Power's Role in Grid of the Future

April 13, 2010

In today's electricity generation system, different resources make different contributions
to the electricity grid. A new fact sheet published by the Energy Analysis Group at
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) tells how distributed and centralized
renewable energy technologies, specifically solar power, will contribute to the electricity
system of the future.

The fact sheet covers the basics of how the electric grid works and why we need it;
the roles of the various types of generation and where renewable energy fits in; why
generation diversity is essential; and why a variety of renewable energy technologies
with different characteristics will be needed to meet changing electricity demand.

Access the fact sheet, entitled "Solar Power and the Electric Grid", on the Publications page of NREL's Concentrating Solar Power Research Web site.